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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
6
The New York Giants narrowed the gap to 1 1/2 games behind the Cubs and half a game behind Brooklyn after a 12-4 win over St Louis in the first game of a twin bill. Chicago, Brooklyn, and Boston won in other NL games as the pennant chase intensified with several key performances and injuries noted.
Iowa City August 18 University of Iowa football players seek a captain after naming two leaders who cannot serve. The team moves to identify a new captain as they prepare for the season.
National League results include Chicago 10 Philadelphia 9 in a darkness halted game. Brooklyn 7 Pittsburgh 5. New York 9 Cincinnati 1. Boston 6 St Louis 2. Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 0. Boston 4 Cincinnati 3. American League shows Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2. Washington 3 Detroit 1. Chicago at New York called in the third. Cleveland at Boston rained out. Sunday Chicago 7 6 New York 8 1. Cleveland 4 2 Boston 3 0. Detroit 15 Washington 2.
New York August 18 AP: For the first time in a decade the national women's tennis singles championship lacks a clear favorite as play opens at Forest Hills. Defending stars Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs are not in the field, leaving the event wide open. Top seed Betty Nuthall faces Louise McFarland in the feature match, with 21 other contests on the outer courts. Dorothy Andrus and Penelope Anderson start at 2:30 p.m., Edith Cross and Mrs. Hawk follow, then Ethel Burkardt meets Marjorie Sachs after 4:30 by the stadium court.
Four University of Iowa athletes will represent the Hawkeyes at the National AAU track and field championships in Pittsburgh. Edward Gordon of Gary Indiana is the defending broad jumper. javelin throwers L D Weldon of Iowa City and Elmo Nelson of Clearfield have topped 190 feet. Henry Canby, Big Ten pole vault indoor record holder, has cleared 13 feet 1 inch recently. The team aims for spots on the American track squad to meet British cindermen in Chicago August 27 and 28.
Letts and Lone Tree split a league twin bill with a 5 3 Letts win in game one as Stark dazzled with 13 strikeouts and four Letts players drove in runs. Lone Tree recovered to take game two 9 2 behind a multi hit attack and steady pitching, as Morrison and Stebbins highlighted the offense for Lone Tree. Rain postponed Muscatine Bettendorf and Durant Iowa City games.
Gene Jones of Springfield peramed a no hit game in night baseball beating Decatur 4 to 1 in the second game of a floodlit doubleheader. He walked 15 batters yet held the opposition to one run, setting the Three Eye league’s first night-game record.
Four championship flight matches and two second flight contests decided as Labor Day club championship began at Geneva Golf and Country Club. Walter Molis edged Clark Barnard after 21 holes, while Dr R R Goad defeated T Ray Brown four up two to play. Glenn Fairall and Charles Meerdink also won handily. Chet Richard and D S Schreurs won second flight openers with tight margin.
New York led by six Yankee players in the eight individual leaders in the American league race. Lou Gehrig tops batting most hits and RBIs while Babe Ruth has the most runs and most home runs. Edd Combs leads in triples as New York players claim several marks.
Denmar Miller of Des Moines, a Drake law student, defends his Iowa open golf title at Wakonda on Aug 26 and 27. The 1929 Trans Miss contender has a strong medal play record and leads a strong field including professionals and amateurs, with his brother Jimmy also a local rising junior champion.
Chicago reports a possible featured match race at Hawthorne between two season upset heroes Reveille Boy and Jim Dandy. John Schank of the Chicago Business Men's Racing association is negotiating the race. Reveille Boy won the American Derby at Washington Park and paid 113.08 for 2 dollars. Jim Dandy stunned Gallant Fox and Whichone in the Travers at Saratoga paying about 100 to 1.
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa bait casting state championship ends today after a two day meet Emmet E Cavanaugh from Ft Dodge leads with four first places. Mrs L H Ladd of Pomeroy wins the women s event scoring 80 and Mrs E E Cavanaugh places second with 74. Dean Cavanaugh of Ft Dodge tops Roy Helgenburgh of Coon Rapids by one point in the boys event with a score of 87.
National leaders include Terry Giants batter and 194 hits. Klein Phillies runs, Wilson Cubs RBIs and home runs. Herman Robins doubles, Comorosky Pirates triples, Cuyler Cubs steals. American leaders feature Gehrig Yankees batting and hits, Ruth Yankees runs and RBIs, Hodapp Indians doubles, Combs Yankees triples, Ruth home runs, McManus Tigers steals.
Red Barnes of the White Sox drove in three runs on three hits including a home run to power a White Sox victory in the second game of a doubleheader with the Yankees. In the first game Charley Ruffing pinch hit and drove in Babe Ruth. Vic Sorrell of the Tigers ended the Senators six game win streak. Dazzy Vance of the Robins struck out nine Pirates and allowed eight scattered hits.
Sam Hoffman of Sioux City finished second in the 10 mile Charley Gardner sweepstakes at the Ak-Sar-Ben program in Omaha. Bert Ficken of Omaha won the race, while Jimmie Duncan of Marion, South Dakota took the consolation.
Harry Cooper, the light-hitting Chicago pro, won St Pauls first $10,000 open championship at Keller County Course with a 72-hole 280, eight under par. Tony Manero led Cooper by one after three rounds, but Cooper closed with a 70 to finish three strokes ahead. Horton Smith, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Charlie Lacey followed in the top standings, while Johnny Goodman led amateurs with 289.
A stout man asks an actor about theater and a banker admits a long absence from the bank. The exchange ends with a brisk quip about years away from both. The note then quotes a statistic: twenty three of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were college men.
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